BAVAS

Bihar Agricultural Produce Value Addition System (Division)
The Government of Bihar has created Bihar Agricultural Produce Value Addition System (BAVAS) division in July 2020 to strengthen the agricultural marketing ecosystem in the state. BAVAS is envisioned to work dedicatedly for the following objectives:

Development of agricultural marketing ecosystem in Bihar.
All round development of agricultural marketing yards.
Driving agricultural reforms (such as GoI's Farm Acts) in Bihar towards transformative agricultural growth.
Ensuring collection of agricultural market information and disseminating information to various stakeholders.
Streamline marketing within state and inter-state by identifying and removing bottlenecks.
Benchmarking of prices on the basis of grades and standards and facilitation of determination of price premium for agri-produce .

BAVAS will provide the institutional mechanism to catalyze the post-harvest ecosystem in the agriculture sector in Bihar.